Red Lantern Chinese Cuisine

We dined at Red Lantern Chinese Cuisine in the City Farmers Market food court and were thoroughly impressed. We ordered the beef chow fun, fish maw with leek, and the seafood delight. Each dish was packed with flavor and showcased the coveted "wok hei" (wok flavor), particularly in the beef chow fun with its perfectly cooked, soft broad rice noodles. The seasoning across all dishes was spot-on—flavorful but not overly salty. For anyone looking to avoid the chaotic crowds at a certain well-known spot in GW, this restaurant is a fantastic alternative. Highly recommend giving it a try.

We had shrimp fried rice and beef noodles, and both were absolutely flavorful, with a deliciously fragrant aroma that comes from cooking in a hot wok. The portions were incredibly generous, and I hope they keep it that way—please don’t reduce the portion sizes! I’ll definitely be coming back to try more dishes. Highly recommended!

Ordered R7 -the beef with scrambled eggs sauce on rice. It came with very little beef, mostly rice and sauce. It tasted good but not worth the price as it contained very little beef and mostly rice and sauce ☹️ I paid almost $15 for mostly rice ☹️

This is a really exceptional restaurant. The smokey wok flavor really comes through on the Seafood Vermicelli Chow Mei Fun / XO that I got. The Snow Pea Tips had good quality real crab meat in the egg sauce, and it tasted really fresh. The fried fish with XO sauce had a unique taste that I've never had before, and it might be the best fried fish I've ever eaten! I mixed some of the XO sauce and puffed rice from the fried fish with some white rice and made a whole new delicious flavor! The chili oil was really good, too. It's not as hot as I am used to, but it used Scechuan peppercorns like you are supposed to, instead of just red pepper flakes. The flavor was top-notch! The food is served in the traditional Chinese family style, where they give you big serving dishes that are meant to be shared, and then everyone eats some of everything out of their own small bowls. If everyone gets their own thing, there is no way you will be able to finish. All of the food tasted very fresh. I am excited to bring my family and friends here to let them try the food. I have to have that fish again. I'll try to post more pictures of the food the next time I come back.

This place is inside City Farmers market. The size is generous. I ordered shrimp lo mein. There is not a lot of shrimp for the amount of noodles. The owner stated that lots of people get the vegetable lo mein, because it has lots of veggies unlike the shrimp, which has no vegetables. I will try the veggie next time